LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 ABIA LITERARY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 ABA ADULT FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR. Wait for the boxes to open, wait for the race to begin. Wait, and your greyhound will cease to be the dog you know and become an entirely different kind of animal. Brisbane, 1975: Andie Tanner’s world is small but whole. Her mum is complicated, but she adores her dad and the kennel of racing greyhounds that live under their house. Andie is a serious girl with big plans: finish school with her friends, then apprentice to her father so she can become a greyhound trainer, with dogs of her very own. But real life rarely goes to plan, and the world is bigger and more complicated than Andie could imagine. When she loses everything she cares about – her family, her friends, the dogs – it’s up to Andie to reclaim her future. But she’ll need all her wits to survive this new reality of secrets, half-truths and addiction.
